Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I go work out at the Gold's Gym on 54th St (right around the corner from Letterman's theater). After that, I like to eat something for breakfast, so I get a bagel at the furniture shop (previously mentioned here). The last few times I've gone, they haven't had a bagel yet, which has infuriated me and made me walk a whole avenue length (a good distance) to go to the only other bagel place I know. There has got to be a better way.
I have started walking over to 8th Ave for lunch, which is more into the proper Chelsea district. I happened to notice that a very well-known bagel place, Murray's Bagels was there. Bagels as good as these were supposed to be are worth altering my whole transit plan. So now, instead of coming to work from the gym on the R Train, and walking from Broadway to 6th Ave, I now go on the E Train, and take it to 8th Ave, almost straight to Murray's Bagels. The bagels there cost, with cream cheese, $1.75, as opposed to the other places which cost $1.25. Murray's also offers many other topics, and at least 7 types of smoked fish slices. Unfortunately, the various lox bagels cost from $7 to $10. But the bagels are great. They are quite obviously superior to the ordinary New York bagel. They rank up there with the best bagel's I've ever had, along with H&H Bagels on 46th St, and a few of the bagels from Bagelman's in Champaign, IL.
I'm very excited to be able to eat a bagel of this quality three times a week. For someone who used to eat 2 to 3 bagels a day in High School (me, in other words), this is heaven.
Posted by ahyatt at August 20, 2004 12:46 PM